Chapter 7 has arrived! Okay since no one got the Hunger Games reference it was the characters named Annie and Effie. Yeah, yeah I know it was lame... Anyway, back to chapter 7! I stayed up until 2:30 writing this so I hope you enjoy! I actually really like this chapter so I hope you do too! In this chapter Blaine and Sebastian are 6, Cooper is 16 and Carey is 4.
Chapter 7
It's a bright summer day and Blaine Anderson and Sebastian Smythe are, of course, spending it together. Cynthia is in the kitchen making them lunch as the two sit at the kitchen table and giggle about nothing. She didn't have work today so she was glad to take care of the three little kids in her life.
"Alright boys, grilled cheeses are up!" Cynthia says as she carries over two plates and places them in front of them.
"Yummy!" Blaine says, picking up his sandwich, "Thank you!"
"Thanks, mom!" Sebastian says.
"You're welcome boys!" Cynthia says, wiping her hands on her apron.
"Is Carey gonna eat?" Blaine asks with his mouth full.
"No, she's in her room taking her nap," Cynthia says as she walks back into the kitchen.
"Where's Cooper?" Sebastian asks, kicking his little legs under the table as he eats. Blaine rolls his eyes as he swallows his current bite.
"He's with Lisa. Again," Blaine says, taking another bite.
"Again? When is he not?" Sebastian asks.
"Never! They're always together!" Blaine complains.
"That's because they're in love, boys," Cynthia tells them, walking in and leaning against Sebastian's chair.
"So? They've been dating for years, they should be tired of each other by now…" Blaine says with a pout. Cynthia smiles and crouches down in between the boys.
"You boys know Cooper still loves you more than anything. He just wants to spend some time with his girlfriend," she tells them.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah…" Blaine pouts. Cynthia can't help but smile as she walks back into the kitchen to make herself some lunch. The boys finish their lunch in silence and get out of their chairs.
"What do you want to do now?" Sebastian asks his best friend.
"I don't know. What about you?" Blaine asks.
"Wanna go play outside?" Sebastian offers.
"Okay!" Blaine quickly agrees. Sebastian takes Blaine's hand and takes him into the kitchen.
"Mommy?" he asks Cynthia.
"Yes, sweetheart?" Cynthia asks, not looking up from her cooking.
"Can me and Blaine play outside?" Sebastian asks.
"Sure, boys. Be careful," she tells them, smiling down at them. They smile and run outside.
"I wanna swing!" Blaine announces, sitting down on a swing on the Smythe's playground.
"Me too!" Sebastian says, sitting on the swing next to Blaine. They both begin to swing, kicking their little legs to go higher and higher.
"Let's see who can go highest!" Sebastian calls.
"Okay, you're on!" Blaine says, pumping his legs harder. They smirked at each other as they each went higher and higher. But finally, Blaine kept going higher and Sebastian just stayed at the same height.
"Ha! I win!" Blaine gloated as he began to slow himself down.
"Not fair! It's because you're smaller! You go higher!" Sebastian whined. Blaine giggles and sticks his tongue out at Sebastian.
"Fine, let's have another contest. I'll still win!" Blaine said, standing up off the swing. Sebastian stood up as well and looked around the backyard.
"Okay, let's see who can climb up the slide faster," Sebastian said, walking over to the slide. Blaine nods and walks over to stand next to his best friend.
"Who first?" Blaine asks.
"You," Sebastian said with a smirk. Blaine smirked in return.
"Fine," he said before running up the slide. In the middle of the slide his foot slipped and he fell back down to the bottom, pouting.
"No fair! I should get a redo!" Blaine complained.
"No! It's my turn now!" Sebastian said, rubbing his hands together. He runs up to the slide and successfully makes it all the way up to the top.
"Woo!" he calls from the top. Blaine stands at the bottom with his arms crossed, pouting. Sebastian slides back down the slide and wraps his arms around Blaine.
"It's not fair. You have longer legs," Blaine says. Sebastian smirks and kisses Blaine's cheek.
"Okay, we're tied. We done competing?" Sebastian asks. Blaine nods and lays his head on Sebastian's shoulder. Sebastian smiles and lays his head against Blaine's.
"What now?" Blaine asks. Sebastian picks his head up and looks around.
"Monkey bars?" Sebastian asked, letting go of Blaine and walking over to them.
"I don't know how," Blaine says, staying where he was standing.
"It's easy," Sebastian says, climbing up the ladder, "Just watch me then you can do it."
Sebastian grabs ahold of the first bar and steps off of the ladder. He swings his body and reaches one of his hands for the second bar. He grabs it and then brings his other hand over to the second bar as well. Then Sebastian went to reach for the third bar but his hand slipped just as his fingertips grazed it. Sebastian fell to the ground, landing on his left arm.
"Ow!" Sebastian screamed extremely loud and began to cry and scream in pain. Blaine ran to his side, kneeling down next to him.
"Sebastian! Oh no, are you okay?" Blaine asked, completely unsure of what to do.
"B-Blaine, it hurts!" Sebastian screamed, wincing in pain. Cynthia, who had heard the screaming, ran outside and came to her son's side.
"Sebastian! What happened, baby?" she said, trying to remain as calm as possible for Sebastian's sake. Sebastian just kept crying.
"He was on the monkey bars and he fell," Blaine told his aunt. Cynthia frowned and helped Sebastian to his feet.
"What hurts, Sebastian?" she asked, looking him over.
"M-My arm, mommy…" Sebastian said, leaning into Blaine's side. Cynthia nods and carefully picks Sebastian up in her arms.
"Okay, baby, we'll go get it looked at. Blaine, can you please go wake up Carey and bring her to the car?" Cynthia asked, looking down at Blaine. Blaine nodded and ran into the house. Cynthia carried Sebastian inside and picked up her purse with her free hand.
"W-Where are we going, mommy?" Sebastian asked, burying his head into his mother's neck.
"The hospital, baby. A doctor needs to look at your arm," Cynthia said, heading out the front door. She got to the car and threw her purse in the front seat before opening the back door and carefully putting Sebastian in his booster seat. "Just hold your arm carefully, okay baby? Just keep it in a comfortable position, we'll get it all better soon, I promise."
Sebastian nodded and held his arm to his body carefully as he looked out the window for his best friend to return.
Blaine ran into Carey's room to find her still asleep. He climbed on the bed next to her and softly shook her shoulder.
"Carey? You need to wake up," he said in her ear. She groaned and swatted his hand away. Blaine huffed and shook her harder. "Carey, get up now. Sebastian's hurt."
Carey's eyes shot widen open as she sat up. "Sebby hurt?"
"Yes, he hurt his arm and we need to go to the hospital. Come on!" he said, running out of her room. She quickly followed and they went outside and to the car. Cynthia helped them both into their booster seats as well and warned them not to touch Sebastian because it could hurt his arm. Cynthia quickly drove to the hospital. Sebastian kept wincing in pain.
"Sebby, you'll be okay, I promise," Blaine assured his best friend. Sebastian looked over at Blaine.
"Thanks, Blainey," Sebastian said without a smile. That's how Blaine knew he was in a lot of pain. Sebastian always smiled at him. Blaine frowned, wanting to make the pain go away.
Cynthia parked at the hospital and helped Blaine and Carey out before carefully maneuvering Sebastian out and holding him in her arms. They went inside and Cynthia sat Sebastian down on a chair in the waiting room, leaving the other two children with him. She went to the front desk and signed Sebastian in. She returned to find Sebastian curled up into Blaine's side, crying softly. She sat down in the chair on the other side of Sebastian and smoothed some hair out of his face.
"They said they should be calling you back soon, sweetheart," she told him earning a nod from the injured boy. "I'll be right back, I'm going to call daddy, okay?"
Sebastian nodded again and Cynthia walked a few feet away to call her husband at work. Sebastian looked up at Blaine with tears in his eyes. Blaine looked back down at him with tears in his own eyes.
"W-Why are you crying Blaine?" Sebastian asked, reaching up with his good arm to wipe Blaine's tears away.
"T-Two reasons," Blaine started, "One, because you're in pain and I hate it. T-Two…b-because I should have caught you when you fell…"
Sebastian sat up straight, wincing when a sharp pain shot through his arm. He put his good hand on Blaine's cheek and made Blaine look him in the eyes.
"You couldn't have stopped it. You were too far away. But I know if you could have you would've," Sebastian told him honestly. Blaine sniffed and nodded. Sebastian kissed his cheek before snuggling back into his side. Blaine carefully wrapped his arms around Sebastian and held him. Carey was sitting on the other side of Blaine, just dangling her feet over the edge of the seat, not fully understanding the situation. Cynthia came back and regained her seat next to Sebastian.
"Daddy's on his way," Cynthia told Sebastian. Again, he only nodded. Cynthia frowned then looked at her phone. "I should probably call your mommy, Blaine."
Cynthia stood again and dialed Diane's number.
"Hello?" Diane answers.
"Hey, it's me," Cynthia says, pacing back and forth. Diane can hear in her best friend's voice that something's wrong.
"What is it, Cyn? What's wrong?" Diane asks, beginning to get worried. Cynthia sighs.
"Sebastian fell and broke his arm. I'm here at the hospital with the kids," Cynthia tells her.
"Oh no! Is he alright?" Diane asks.
"I'm pretty sure he broke his arm," she tells her, keeping her voice low so Sebastian won't over hear her assumption.
"Oh poor baby!" Diane exclaims. "Do you want me to come get Blaine?"
"No, no, I think he's better off here, actually. Sebastian's clinging to him and I think he'd be a wreck if he left," Cynthia said, looking over to the two little boys who were cuddled up on the chairs.
"Yeah, I can definitely see keeping them together right now. Blaine would probably go crazy with worry if he left," Diane added.
"Yeah. Well, I just wanted to let you know where we were and what's going on," Cynthia says.
"Thanks for informing me. And please keep me updated. Actually, would you like me to swing by? It's no trouble," Diane offers.
"No, I think we're okay. Jason's on his way," Cynthia tells her.
"Okay, well you call me if you need me okay? Or when you need me to pick Blaine up," Diane says.
"Will do," Cynthia says with a nod even though Diane can't see it.
"Alright, well I'll hear from you soon," Diane says.
"You sure will. Talk to you soon," Cynthia replies.
"Bye," Diane answers.
"Bye," Cynthia says, hanging up and walking back over the kids. Just then, Jason walks in and swiftly makes his way over to his son, kneeling in front of him.
"Seb, you okay?" Jason asks, brushing some hair out of Sebastian's face. Cynthia comes up and stands behind him.
"My arm hurts, daddy…" Sebastian mutters. Jason frowns and kisses his son's forehead.
"It'll feel better son. That's what the doctor is for," Jason says, picking up Carey and sitting her on his lap as he takes her seat next to Blaine.
"Promise?" Sebastian asks, peering at his dad from behind Blaine.
"I promise, son," Jason told him with a small smile. Sebastian nodded and lay his head back down on Blaine.
"Sebastian Smythe?" a nurse asked, coming from behind the double doors that lead to the treatment area.
"Right here," Cynthia says, standing up and taking Carey in her arms since she looked like she was about to fall asleep. Jason stood up and took Sebastian carefully in his one arm while his other hand held Blaine's. Blaine half-hid behind Jason's leg, nervous about being in a hospital.
"Right this way," the nurse said, leading the five of them behind the double doors and into a little cubicle with a hospital bed and a bunch of equipment in it. Jason laid Sebastian down on the bed. Sebastian looked around at all of the equipment nervously. He hadn't really been scared until now. Blaine stood next to the head of the bed, looking around just like Sebastian. Cynthia took a seat, still holding Carey in her lap. Jason took the seat next to Cynthia.
The nurse took Sebastian's vitals and told them that someone would be in shortly to take Sebastian into x-rays. Cynthia thanked her and she left.
"Daddy, can Blaine come lay with me?" Sebastian asked, looking over to his father.
"Of course he can. Blaine just be careful, okay?" Jason said to Blaine, standing up to lift Blaine onto the bed.
"I won't hurt him," Blaine said as he lies down on the bed. Jason smiled at Blaine's words. Sebastian scoots himself over and lays his head on Blaine's chest. Blaine began to play with Sebastian's hair, knowing that it calmed him down. Sebastian closed his eyes. Sebastian got so lost in the feeling that he completely forgot about his pain and the fact that anyone else was in the room.
"I love you, Blaine," Sebastian said, making everyone in the room smile. Except for Carey since she had fallen asleep on her mother's lap.
"I love you too, Sebastian," Blaine said, pressing a soft kiss to Sebastian's forehead. Sebastian smiled.
"Sebastian?" everyone heard from outside the cubicle. Sebastian picked his head up and furrowed his eyebrows together.
"Yeah?" Sebastian called nervously. Cooper poked his head in the room and then smiled.
"There you are buddy!" Cooper said walking into the room. And it was as if she had a sixth sense. Carey opened her eyes, waking up at the sound of Cooper's voice.
"Coop!" all three children called at once making Cooper laugh. He walked over and sat on the edge of the bed.
"How ya feeling, pal? Heard you had a bit of a nasty fall," Cooper said with a frown. Sebastian nodded.
"I hurt my arm," he said, gesturing to his hurt arm. Cooper nodded.
"Is Blaine here making you feel better? Cause if not I'd have to beat him up," Cooper said with a smirk.
"Hey!" Blaine protested making Sebastian giggle.
"No, he's doing great," Sebastian said, smiling up at Blaine. Blaine smiled right back at him. Cooper smiled and got up to sit on the opposite side of the bed that Cynthia and Jason were sitting on. Carey quickly got off of her mother's lap and made her way into Cooper's. Cooper smiled down at her.
"And who said you are allowed on my lap?" Cooper joked. Carey giggled and poked her own chest.
"I did!" Carey announced, making herself comfortable on Cooper's lap.
"Sebastian?" a male nurse came in.
"Y-Yes?" he said, unsure of this new man.
"I heard you hurt your arm. I'm here to take you get an x-ray so we can find out what's wrong with it," the man said to him. Sebastian nodded and sat up.
"One of your parents can come with you," the man said and Sebastian looked at Blaine, sudden panic appearing in his eyes.
"Um sir," Jason said, standing and saying quietly near the man's ear, "If you want Sebastian to stay calm, you might want to let his best friend come along…"
The man looked at Sebastian's eyes and the way he was looking at the little boy next to him and nodded.
"Yeah, I can see that's best," the man said.
"Okay, buddy, Blaine can come too," Jason told Sebastian with a smile. The panic disappeared from Sebastian's face and it was replaced with a slight smile. Sebastian carefully moved off of the bed and walked around the bed to take his mother's hand.
"I want you to come," Sebastian said as Cynthia stood up.
"Okay sweetie, I'll come," she said putting her purse on the ground. Sebastian let go of Cynthia's hand and gripped Blaine's. Blaine gave his hand a reassuring squeeze as they walked out of the cubicle. Sebastian held onto Blaine's hand for dear life as they walked.
"My name is Brian if you need anything," the man said, smiling down at Sebastian. Sebastian just nodded and kept following Brian to their destination. They finally made it to the x-ray room and Brian went to set everything up. Sebastian hid behind Blaine, clinging to his best friend.
"Sebby, it's okay," Blaine said, turning around and kissing Sebastian's cheek. Sebastian nodded and leaned into Blaine for a hug. Blaine carefully maneuvers his hands around Sebastian's waist and hugs him tightly. "I promise."
"Okay, ready Sebastian?" Brian asked, coming out from the other room. Sebastian swallowed thickly and nodded, walking towards Brian. Brian lifted Sebastian up to the table and asked him to lie down.
"Okay, I need to touch your arm to move it so we can get a good picture, okay?" Brian asks. Sebastian visibly tenses and his eyes widen. "I'll do my best not to hurt you, okay?" Sebastian nodded and Brian began to move his arm. Sebastian screwed his eyes shut and bit his lip as some sobs escaped his mouth. Blaine was instantly at his side. He stood next to Brian and began to caress his face, pushing the hair out of his eyes.
"It's okay, Sebby. It'll feel better soon, I promise. Shhh, please stop crying," Blaine soothed his best friend. Sebastian opened his eyes to look at his best friend. Blaine looked right into Sebastian's eyes, not daring to look away. He wanted to keep Sebastian's gaze so he wouldn't focus on the pain.
"Alright, just keep it like that," Brian said as he went to get the iron vest to put over Sebastian.
"Blaine, honey, can you come here so Brian can put the vest on Sebastian?" Cynthia said, standing near the wall. Blaine tilted his head, still looking into Sebastian's eyes, silently asking permission if it was okay to leave. Sebastian nodded so Blaine kisses Sebastian's forehead and walked over to Cynthia. Cynthia put her hands on Blaine's shoulders, half comfortingly and half keeping him where he was so he wouldn't go back to Sebastian. Brian came back and put the iron vest on Sebastian.
"Alright, Mrs. Smythe, Blaine, I'm going to need you to come into this little room with me while I take the x-ray. Sebastian's eyes widened in fear again as he heard his best friend had to leave.
"I'll be right back Sebby, I promise," Blaine said as the three of them went into the little room as Brian pressed the button. Brian took a few more x-rays, having to adjust Sebastian's arm a couple of times much to everyone's dismay. He finally finished and Sebastian hopped down from the table, new tears stinging his eyes. Blaine took Sebastian's good hand and squeezed it softly.
"You were brave," Blaine whispered in Sebastian's ear. Sebastian smiled softly and whispered, "thank you".
The four of them made their way back to the cubicle and Sebastian instantly ran over to his dad for a hug. Jason hugged him carefully.
"It wasn't too bad was it?" Jason asks him. Sebastian looks up at his dad and shakes his head. Jason smiles. "Good. You're a tough kid, Seb." Sebastian smiled softly and climbs back on the bed. Before Blaine has the chance to climb back on, the doctor walked in with some x-rays and a kit in his hands. Sebastian looks at Blaine and Blaine is instantly by his side. Sebastian wrapped his good arm around Blaine's waist and pulled him close. Blaine pressed his lips to Sebastian's forehead.
"It's okay, Sebby. I'm here," Blaine said softly to his best friend. Sebastian nodded.
"Hey there Sebastian, I'm Dr. Williams and we're just gonna look at your x-rays first, okay?" Dr. Williams asked. Sebastian nodded, keeping Blaine close. Dr. Williams smiled at him before walking over to the light board and hanging up the x-rays. He turned on the light and moved out of the way so everyone could see them. Cynthia had to do her best to keep from wincing once she saw it. The break in her son's arm was so clear that she could almost feel the pain in her own arm. The bone was clearly snapped. Sebastian sniffled.
"I-It's broken…" he said sadly. Dr. Williams nodded.
"I'm afraid so pal. But the good thing is it's a clean break so it should heal cleanly and quickly," Dr. Williams said, opening the kit he brought in with him.
"W-What's that?" Sebastian asks, peering over to try and see what the doctor is doing.
"This is just for your cast, kiddo. I'm just getting the right stuff out," Dr. Williams said. Sebastian nodded and Dr. Williams came over with the correct supplies. A nurse appeared by his side to assist him. "I'm going to have to move your arm a little, okay Sebastian?"
"O-Okay," Sebastian said timidly. Dr. Williams gently took Sebastian's injured arm in his hand. Sebastian winced and made a sobbing noise. Blaine grabbed Sebastian's good hand and held it tight. The doctor begins to apply the first layer to his arm and Sebastian begins to cry again. Blaine frowns and stands on his top toes so he can reach Sebastian's cheek. He presses his lips to Sebastian's cheek and leaves them there for a moment. The nurse smiled at the two little boys and then turned her head to smile at Cynthia who was smiling as well. Sebastian screwed his eyes shut again.
"Hey, look at me," Blaine said, reaching up and caressing Sebastian's cheek. Sebastian opens his eyes and stares into Blaine's. Blaine smiles reassuringly at his best friend and Sebastian manages a small smile in return. Dr. Williams finishes quickly.
"There we go, all done," Dr. Williams said, putting his supplies back in his bag. Blaine lets go of Sebastian as he examines his cast. It's green, Sebastian's favorite color. Blaine walks over to the nurse and pulls on her scrub top. She looks down at him.
"Yes, sweetie?" she asks.
"Do you have a marker?" Blaine asks, tilting his head. She sticks her hand into her pocket and pulls one out.
"Yes I do, here you go," she says, handing the marker to Blaine with a smile.
"Thanks!" Blaine says with a smile, walking over to Sebastian. "Sebby, can I be the first one to sign your cast?" Sebastian smiles wide.
"Of course, Blainey," Sebastian answers. Blaine smiles and writes on his best friend's cast. Blaine's just learning how to write and spell so it takes him a while but finally he pulls back with a satisfied grin on his lips. Sebastian looks down at it and he knows the words Blaine wrote very well. He smiles as he reads them.
I love you. –Blaine
"I love it. Thank you," Sebastian says, getting off of the bed and kissing Blaine's cheek. Blaine smiles and hugs Sebastian. Sebastian hugs him right back, being careful of his new cast. The doctor hands Cynthia a prescription for pain meds and she thanks him.
"Okay boys, time to go home," Cynthia says as they all walk out and back into the waiting room.
"Ready to go home, B?" Cooper asks.
"NO!" Sebastian and Blaine scream at the same time, making everyone in the waiting room look at them.
"I need him!" Sebastian says, clinging to Blaine. Cooper looks up to Cynthia.
"Coop, just tell your mom that if she wants Blaine home I'll drive him home myself, okay?" Cynthia says.
"Okay, sure," Cooper says with a nod. "Bye B, hope you feel better Sebastian!"
Blaine waves as Cooper walks out and back to his car. The rest of them go back to the Smythe residence. Not before long, Carey is asleep in her bed. Sebastian and Blaine are cuddled up in Sebastian's bed and Carey walks in.
"Beauty and the Beast over?" she asks, looking at the blank TV. Both boys nod. She looks over the VHS tapes in Sebastian's room. "How about the Little Mermaid?" Blaine nods enthusiastically which makes Sebastian smile and nod too. Cynthia smiles and puts the tape in before leaving them alone with their movie. Not ten minutes later, Cynthia passes by the room and sees that both boys are fast asleep.
The next morning, Cooper rings the Smythe's doorbell.
"Hey Coop, come on in. They're in Sebastian's room," Cynthia tells him, letting him in the house.
"Of course," Cooper says with a chuckle as he walks to Sebastian's room. Cooper can hear his brother singing and he stops outside the room to listen.
"No one saying see here! Free to run around all day! Free to do it all my way!" Blaine sang out the lyrics to his favorite song from the Lion King. Cooper smiled and knew this was the perfect place to jump in. He stuck his head in the doorway and saw Blaine standing on the toy box at the foot of Sebastian's bed as a stage. Cooper popped in and sang the next line to his little brother.
"I think it's time that you and I arranged a heart-to-heart!" Cooper sang, stepping into the room. Blaine turned to his brother and smiled widely before jumping back into character and getting into his big brother's face.
"Kings don't need advice from little hornbills for a start!" Blaine sang and the interaction made Sebastian laugh. The brothers smiled at him and continued to duet the song. That's how they spent the majority of the rest of the day. Singing Disney songs to one another, laughing and just spending time together. It was the best medicine Sebastian could have gotten.
So cute. So much fluff. But will that last into their teen years? yeah, I know they're only 6 now but I've got plans! Or do i? ;) But I'd like to hear what you'd like to happen in the story. One thing I'd actually be curious to hear about is if way way way in the future you'd be interested in seeing Carey and Cooper together? Or just leave it as a little girl crush? I think I have my mind made up on that but I'm not sure yet... But back to the Seblaine! I've got up until their thirties pretty much planned out but things can always change! So leave a review saying what you'd like to see happen and maybe I can make it work :)
